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Ex-Providence police recruit alleges race-based harassment

| August 18, 2020 9:27 AM

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former Providence police recruit who is Black endured race-based harassment and humiliation at the hands of his instructors at the police academy before he was dismissed based on undeserved demerits, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

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